Famous Dele Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Dele poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous dele poems. These examples illustrate what a famous dele poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...tifly strike a strok for an other,
I schal gif hym of my gyft thys giserne ryche,
This ax, that is heuŽ innogh, to hondele as hym lykes,
And I schal bide the fyrst bur as bare as I sitte.
If any freke be so felle to fonde that I telle,
Lepe lyyghtly me to, and lach this weppen,
I quit-clayme hit for euer, kepe hit as his auen,
And I schal stonde hym a strok, stif on this flet,
Ellez thou wyl diyght me the dom to dele hym an other
barlay,
And yghet gif hym respite,
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by
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)
...so, I knowe not swiche tweye.'
'By god,' quod she, 'of Ector that is sooth;
Of Troilus the same thing trowe I;
For, dredelees, men tellen that he dooth
In armes day by day so worthily,
And bereth him here at hoom so gentilly
To every wight, that al the prys hath he
Of hem that me were levest preysed be.'
'Ye sey right sooth, y-wis,' quod Pandarus;
'For yesterday, who-so hadde with him been,
He might have wondred up-on Troilus;
For never yet so thikke a swarm of been
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by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
...s ne that,
Ne knewe hem more than myn olde hat?
No wonder is, so god me sende hele,
Though wommen drede with us men to dele.
'I sey not this for no mistrust of yow,
Ne for no wys man, but for foles nyce,
And for the harm that in the world is now,
As wel for foly ofte as for malyce;
For wel wot I, in wyse folk, that vyce
No womman drat, if she be wel avysed;
For wyse ben by foles harm chastysed.
'But now to purpos; leve brother dere,
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by
Chaucer, Geoffrey
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